This is an old topic that has been discussed almost to death all over the
Internet. As you come to understand more about the registry, you'll see why
your arguments don't hold water. Suffice it to say that few topics in
mainstream computing are crammed with as much hype as registry cleaning.
Defragmenting is another example.
Ted Zieglar
Yabut, that's not my experience. I can't speak to the OP's query, but I'd
like to knowfro you, the reasons you say XP doesn't require any kind of
registry repair? Repairing the Registry in both Home and Pro can speed up
a lot of things, especially when it becomes full of bad shortcuts, leftover
program segments, unaware of files that have been legitimately moved, or
deleted (not as in manually uninstall), and so on for a very long list of
possibilities. The Registry can easily grow to many magnitudes its required
size, without being "broken" aka non-functioning, and cleaning (aka
repairing) it up is definitely worth while.
However, if I am missing something, I would like to hear your thoughts on
the matter. I don't intend to get into a philosophic debate, so please be
clear and consice, with references wherever possible.
TIA,
Pop